Pasta ala creme

Have you seen those new Philadelphia Cooking Creme? They are probably not the most healthy of items, but hey sometimes a little "bad" is ok, right? I say so anyway! The creams come in a few different flavors, Santa Fe, Original, Savory Garlic, and Italian Cheese and Herbs. I bought the Cheese and Herbs one a while back put it in the fridge and kind of forgot about it, since I wasn't sure how I wanted to use it.

I got home from work last night and wanted something relatively quick and easy and pasta sounded good. After taking a look in the fridge I saw I had some yellow and green zucchini that needed to get used up soon, I had done a pasta with that before but decided to use the creme for it this time.

I started out by boiling a pot of water and in a skillet sautéing some onion and green pepper in olive oil. I LOVE caramelized onion so I really cooked the onion for a while to get that yummy caramelized flavor - plus the kitchen smelled delicious!

While the onion and pepper was cooking I sliced up some of the zucchini. For pastas I like first slicing the zucchini in half length wise then making sliced at whatever thickness you like (they will look like half moons) I used both yellow and green zucchini because I love my food to have color! After I added the pasta into the boiling water is when I added the zucchini, they dont need as much time to cook as the onion and pepper. 

Once the noodles were done I drained them and then put the pasta onto the vegetable mixture in the skillet skill with the heat on low. I tossed it all together really well and then added the cooking creme and tossed until it was mixed really well and covering all the pasta. I then plated and topped with some fresh ground pepper! And here is the final product! (ok the picture makes it look not-so appetizing)

I thought it tasted pretty yummy and when my mom came home from a meeting she said it smelled delicious and she enjoyed it as well. In fact Im going to have leftovers for lunch today.